Wild boar
Sus scrofa
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Sus scrofa
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Suidae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Habitat
- Forest, Wetlands
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Wild boar piglets have striped coats for camouflage, and the stripes fade after a few months.
- Before giving birth, a sow builds a nest of grass and twigs.
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Similar animals
- North Sulawesi babirusa
Babyrousa celebensis
- Pig
Sus scrofa domesticus
- Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q58697 · All animals · All entries